Patrick Dunne's Sentences 1-15:
1. Their voices were full of song, culminating in a roaring rendition of Germany over Everything.
Culminating- To reach the highest or a climatic or a decisive point.
Sentence- Their voices were full of song, reaching the highest point in a roaring rendition of Germany over everything.
2. She made mincemeat out of her.
Mincemeat- To chop finely;a state of destruction or annihilation.
Sentence- She ahnialated her.
3. She thought about it while examining the weedy legs of her opposition.
Weedy- Noticeably lean and scrawny.
Sentence- She thought about it while examining the scrawny legs of her opposition.
4. The tirade went on for perhaps another minute, with Liesel making a desperate suggestion or two about the possible location of the said brush.
Tirade- A speech marked with harsh words and anger.
Sentence- The fight went on for perhaps another minute, with Liesel making a desperate suggestion or two about the possible location of the said brush.
5. At school, there was a rapping of knuckles at the door.
Rapping- A series of taps.
Sentence- At school, there was a someone was tapping their knuckles on the door.
6. They envision a prolific assortment of caughtoutedness.
Prolific- Causing abundant growth.
Sentence- They envision an abundant assortment of caughtoutedness.
7. She delivered to the arthritic Helena Schmidt and picked up at the cat-loving Weingartner residence.
Arthritic- Of, relating to, or affected with arthritis.
Sentence- She delivered to Helena Schmidt, who a horrible case of arthritis, and picked up the cat-loving Weingartner residence.
8. Eleven year-old relief was euphoric.
Euphoric- A feeling of well-being.
Sentence- Eleven year-old relief felt amazing.
9. Another benign visit to the mayor's house.
Benign- A mild type of character that does not threaten health or life.
Sentence- Another boring visit to the mayor's house.
10. The mayor's wife was not deterred.
Deterred- Discouraged
Sentence- The mayor's wife was not discouraged.
11. The surreal experience with the roomful of books and the stunned, broken woman walked alongside her.
Surreal- Marked by the reality of a dream.
Sentence- The dream-like experience with the roomful of books and the stunned, broken woman walked alongside her.
12. She began to rebuke herself.
Rebuke- To criticize sharply.
Sentence- She began to criticize herself.
13. The protagonist was a Jew, and he was presented in a positive light.
Protagonist- The principal character in a literary work;a leading actor.
Sentence- The main character was a Jew, and he was presented in a positive light.
14. She often heard Mama and him discussing his lack of work or talking despondently about Hans going to see their son.
Despondently- Feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression.
Sentence- She often heard Mama and him discussing his lack of work or talking sadly about Hans going to see their son.
15. To exemplify that particular situation, we can look to a cool day in late June.
Exemplify- To show or illustrate.
Sentence- To illustrate that particular situation, we can look to a cool day in late June.
WHOSE WORDS ARE THESE?
16. On the other hand, he was also enjoying the ecstasy of the idea.
Ecstacy- a state of elated bliss.
Sentence- On the other hand, he was also enjoying the elated bliss of the idea.
17. Anyone else was more likely to manhandle it, twist it or mistreat it in even the most minmal way.
Manhandle- to handle roughly.
Sentence- Anyone else was more likely to handle it roughly, twist it, or mistreat it in even the most minimal way.
18. It waltzed through the window with the draft.
Waltzed- to walk in.
Sentence- It walked in the window with the draft.
19. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate.
Escalate- to increase in extent or intensity.
Sentence- Their great skill is their capcity to increase in extent or intensity.
20. To the side of the collection of silhouettes, another one stood, a few meters removed, and Liesel realized to things.
Silhouettes- Outlines with featureless interiors.
Sentence- To the side of the collection of outlines and featureless interiors, another one stood, a few meters removed, and Liesel realized two things.
Owen's Words
21. Long, light eyelashes and just the slightest twinge of expression.
Twinge - a sudden sharp localized pain
Sentence - Long, light eyelashes and just the slightest sudden pain in her expression.
22. Each wall was armed with overcrowded yet immaculate shelving.
Immaculate - perfectly neat or tidy.
Sentence - Each wall was armed with overcrowded yet perfectly neat shelving.
23. Her voice was sprawled out, high in her throat, and when she eventually stopped and stood in the middle of the room, she spent many minutes looking from the shelves to her fingers and back again.
Sprawled - to lie with one's arms or legs in an ungainly(extra points for vocab word) fashion.
Sentence - Her voice awkwardly shot out, high in her throat, and when she eventually stopped and stood in the middle of the room, she spenr many minutes looking from the shelves to her fingers and back again.
24. At first, she walked home dazed.
Dazed - Make unable to think or act properly, to bewilder or stupefy.
Sentence - At first, she walked home bewildered
25. Soon, her sedated condition transformed to harassment and self - loathing.
Sedated - Calm or make sleep by administering a drug.
Sentence - Soon her tranquil condition transformed to harassment and self - loathing.
26. Her head shook vigorously, among the hurried footsteps.
Vigorously - Strong, healthy, and full of energy.
Sentence - Her head shook energetically, among the hurried footsteps.
27. The mayor's wife was just one of a worldwide brigade.
Brigade - subdivision of a group or army.
Sentence - The mayor's wife was just one of a worldwide group.
28. Once, words had rendered Liesel useless, but now when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband's desk, she felt an innate sense of power.
Rendered - Cause to become.
Sentence - Once, words had caused Liesel to become useless, but now when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband's desk, she felt and innate sense of power.
29. Once, words had rendered Liesel useless, but now when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband's desk, she felt an innate sense of power.
Innate - Born with, natural.
Sentence - Once, words had rendered Liesel useless, but now when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband's desk, she felt an natural sense of power.
30. Feet scuffing road.
Scuffing - To scrape or brush the surface of.
Sentence - Feet scraping against the road.
31. They made a few more journeys with Arthur Berg and his friends, keen to prove their worth and extend their thieving reperptoire
Repertoire - A whole body of items that are regularly performed.
Senetnce- They made a few more journeys with Arthur Berg and his friends, keen to prover their worth and expand the thieving bounds and routine.
32. After approxamitely fifteen minutes the diabolical plan bore its fruit, so to speak.
Diabolical - Evil or mallicious
Sentence - After approxamitely fifteen minutes, the mallicious plan bore its fruit, so to speak.
31. Names were called out to apartments from the streets below, and soon, the whole conglomerate of Arthur Berg's fruit stealing troop was off to the Amper.
Conglomerate - A merged group but still having their own boundaries
Sentences - Names were called out to apartments from the streets below, and soon, the whole merged army of Arthur Berg's fruit stealing troop was off to the Amper.
33. Fritz Hammer and Andy Schmiekl wanted to keep it, but Arthur Berg, showing his congruous moral aptitude, had abetter idea.
Congruous - In agreement or harmony
Sentence - Fritz Hammer and Andy Schmiekl wanted to keep it, but Arthur Berg, showing his agreeing moral aptitude, had abetter idea.
34. They thought they might be the first to recieve a full hygine inspection or scrub an eccentric lieutenant's crud fillied boots before they left.
Eccentric - A person with an odd behavior pattern
Senetnce - They thought they might be the first to recieve a full hygine inspection or scrub a peculiar lieutenant's crud-fillied boots before they left.
35. He's got terrible rheumatism in his fingers.
Rheumatism - Any disorder of extremeities or back, charachterized by pain and stiffness.
Sentence - He's got a terrible stiffness in his fingers.
36. He couldn't join a party that antagonized people in such a way.
Antagonized - To make hostile or unfriendly
Senetence - He couldn't join a party that made enemies of people in such a way.
(hayden b)
37. In the spiteful stakes, I should sat that Frau Holtsapfel was thorough with her spitting, too.
spiteful - Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious
In the malicious stakes, I should sat that Frau Holtsapfel was thorough with her spitting, too.
38. She made mincemeat out of her
mincemeat - Finely chopped meat
She made finely chopped meat out of her.
THAT'S A VERY LITERAL MEANING FOR MINCEMEAT; WHAT WOULD YOU INFER THAT TO MEAN?
39.As we both know, Liesel wasn’t on hand on Himmel Street when Rudy performed his act of childhood infamy.
infamy - An evil or criminal act that is publicly known.
As we both know, Liesel wasn’t on hand on Himmel Street when Rudy performed his act of childhood evil act.
No need to use the word 'act' twice.
40. There is no time to be flippant
flippant - lacking proper respect or seriousness
There is no time to lack proper respect or seriousness
41. There was a long breath, the scratchery of hand on whiskers, and then the light.
There is no proper definition for this word.
I guessing that it means rough.
Right you are; so what would the new sentence be?
42. - lovely curves and ears and caricatures of a German Shepherd with an obscene drooling problem and ability to talk
carictures - exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
- lovely curves and ears and exaggerations of a German Shepherd with an obscene drooling problem and ability to talk
43. It was a small concoction of disjointed hand movements,
disjointed - being thrown out of orderly function
It was a small concoction of unorderly functioned hand movements
44. The last scrawl from above formed what, to me, appeared an odd, yet familiar shape.
scrawl - to write awkwardly or carelessly
The last awkwardly written bit from above formed what, to me, appeared and odd, yet familiar shape.
45. I hang suspended until a septic truth bleeds toward clarity
septic - of, relating to, or causing putrefaction
I hang suspended until a related truth bleeds toward clarity
46. She was listening contentedly to the torrent of words spilling from his mouth
a violent stream of a liquid (as water or lava)
She was listening contentedly to the stream of words spilling from his mouth
47. She wasn't delivering her children to the higher echelons of Munich.
echelons - a group of individuals at a particular level or grade in an organization
She wasn't delivering her children to the higher individuals of Munich.
48. - The beginning of an illustrious career.
illustrious - notably or brilliantly outstanding because of dignity or achievements or actions
The beginning of a brilliant career.
49. ,and the deluge of abuse from Rosa
deluge - an overwhelming amount or number
,and the overwhelming amount of abuse from Rosa
50 . Evenings in the small kitchen were raucous, without fail.
raucous - disagreeably harsh or strident
Evenings in the small kitchen were harsh, without fail.
51. She sniffed the derision.
derision - the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt, an object of ridicule or scorn
She sniffed the object of ridicule.
52. Three layers of exhilarating pain.
Exhilarating- Refreshingly thrilling
Three layers of refreshingly thrilling pain.
53. Innocuously, a man walked past.
Innocuously- harmlessly
Harmlessly, a man walked past.
54. The whole conglomerate of Arthur Berg's fruit- stealing troop was on its way to the Amper
Conglomerate- corpotation
The whole corporation of Arthur Berg's fruit-stealing troop was on its way to the Amper.
55. Showing his incongruous moral aptitude.
incongruous- unsuitable
Showing his unsuitable moral aptitude.
56. He called out the futile words of the robbed.
futile- useless
He called out the useless words of the robbed.
57. With a gentle secretion of sweat.
Secretion- extraction
With a gentle extraction of sweat.
58. Papa, alert and appalled, stepped closer.
Appalled- aghast
Papa, alert and aghast, stepped closer.
59. But also equally difficult to fathom.
Fathom- measure
But also equally difficult to measure.
60. Inspection or scrub an eccentric lietenants boots before they left.
eccentric- bizarre
Inspection or scrub a bizarre lietenants boots before they left.
The Book Thief
Holocaust HomeworkPatrick Dunne's Sentences 1-15:
1. Their voices were full of song, culminating in a roaring rendition of Germany over Everything.
Culminating- To reach the highest or a climatic or a decisive point.
Sentence- Their voices were full of song, reaching the highest point in a roaring rendition of Germany over everything.
2. She made mincemeat out of her.
Mincemeat- To chop finely;a state of destruction or annihilation.
Sentence- She ahnialated her.
3. She thought about it while examining the weedy legs of her opposition.
Weedy- Noticeably lean and scrawny.
Sentence- She thought about it while examining the scrawny legs of her opposition.
4. The tirade went on for perhaps another minute, with Liesel making a desperate suggestion or two about the possible location of the said brush.
Tirade- A speech marked with harsh words and anger.
Sentence- The fight went on for perhaps another minute, with Liesel making a desperate suggestion or two about the possible location of the said brush.
5. At school, there was a rapping of knuckles at the door.
Rapping- A series of taps.
Sentence- At school, there was a someone was tapping their knuckles on the door.
6. They envision a prolific assortment of caughtoutedness.
Prolific- Causing abundant growth.
Sentence- They envision an abundant assortment of caughtoutedness.
7. She delivered to the arthritic Helena Schmidt and picked up at the cat-loving Weingartner residence.
Arthritic- Of, relating to, or affected with arthritis.
Sentence- She delivered to Helena Schmidt, who a horrible case of arthritis, and picked up the cat-loving Weingartner residence.
8. Eleven year-old relief was euphoric.
Euphoric- A feeling of well-being.
Sentence- Eleven year-old relief felt amazing.
9. Another benign visit to the mayor's house.
Benign- A mild type of character that does not threaten health or life.
Sentence- Another boring visit to the mayor's house.
10. The mayor's wife was not deterred.
Deterred- Discouraged
Sentence- The mayor's wife was not discouraged.
11. The surreal experience with the roomful of books and the stunned, broken woman walked alongside her.
Surreal- Marked by the reality of a dream.
Sentence- The dream-like experience with the roomful of books and the stunned, broken woman walked alongside her.
12. She began to rebuke herself.
Rebuke- To criticize sharply.
Sentence- She began to criticize herself.
13. The protagonist was a Jew, and he was presented in a positive light.
Protagonist- The principal character in a literary work;a leading actor.
Sentence- The main character was a Jew, and he was presented in a positive light.
14. She often heard Mama and him discussing his lack of work or talking despondently about Hans going to see their son.
Despondently- Feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression.
Sentence- She often heard Mama and him discussing his lack of work or talking sadly about Hans going to see their son.
15. To exemplify that particular situation, we can look to a cool day in late June.
Exemplify- To show or illustrate.
Sentence- To illustrate that particular situation, we can look to a cool day in late June.
WHOSE WORDS ARE THESE?
16. On the other hand, he was also enjoying the ecstasy of the idea.Ecstacy- a state of elated bliss.
Sentence- On the other hand, he was also enjoying the elated bliss of the idea.
17. Anyone else was more likely to manhandle it, twist it or mistreat it in even the most minmal way.
Manhandle- to handle roughly.
Sentence- Anyone else was more likely to handle it roughly, twist it, or mistreat it in even the most minimal way.
18. It waltzed through the window with the draft.
Waltzed- to walk in.
Sentence- It walked in the window with the draft.
19. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate.
Escalate- to increase in extent or intensity.
Sentence- Their great skill is their capcity to increase in extent or intensity.
20. To the side of the collection of silhouettes, another one stood, a few meters removed, and Liesel realized to things.
Silhouettes- Outlines with featureless interiors.
Sentence- To the side of the collection of outlines and featureless interiors, another one stood, a few meters removed, and Liesel realized two things.
Owen's Words
21. Long, light eyelashes and just the slightest twinge of expression.
Twinge - a sudden sharp localized pain
Sentence - Long, light eyelashes and just the slightest sudden pain in her expression.
22. Each wall was armed with overcrowded yet immaculate shelving.
Immaculate - perfectly neat or tidy.
Sentence - Each wall was armed with overcrowded yet perfectly neat shelving.
23. Her voice was sprawled out, high in her throat, and when she eventually stopped and stood in the middle of the room, she spent many minutes looking from the shelves to her fingers and back again.
Sprawled - to lie with one's arms or legs in an ungainly(extra points for vocab word) fashion.
Sentence - Her voice awkwardly shot out, high in her throat, and when she eventually stopped and stood in the middle of the room, she spenr many minutes looking from the shelves to her fingers and back again.
24. At first, she walked home dazed.
Dazed - Make unable to think or act properly, to bewilder or stupefy.
Sentence - At first, she walked home bewildered
25. Soon, her sedated condition transformed to harassment and self - loathing.
Sedated - Calm or make sleep by administering a drug.
Sentence - Soon her tranquil condition transformed to harassment and self - loathing.
26. Her head shook vigorously, among the hurried footsteps.
Vigorously - Strong, healthy, and full of energy.
Sentence - Her head shook energetically, among the hurried footsteps.
27. The mayor's wife was just one of a worldwide brigade.
Brigade - subdivision of a group or army.
Sentence - The mayor's wife was just one of a worldwide group.
28. Once, words had rendered Liesel useless, but now when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband's desk, she felt an innate sense of power.
Rendered - Cause to become.
Sentence - Once, words had caused Liesel to become useless, but now when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband's desk, she felt and innate sense of power.
29. Once, words had rendered Liesel useless, but now when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband's desk, she felt an innate sense of power.
Innate - Born with, natural.
Sentence - Once, words had rendered Liesel useless, but now when she sat on the floor, with the mayor's wife at her husband's desk, she felt an natural sense of power.
30. Feet scuffing road.
Scuffing - To scrape or brush the surface of.
Sentence - Feet scraping against the road.
31. They made a few more journeys with Arthur Berg and his friends, keen to prove their worth and extend their thieving reperptoire
Repertoire - A whole body of items that are regularly performed.
Senetnce- They made a few more journeys with Arthur Berg and his friends, keen to prover their worth and expand the thieving bounds and routine.
32. After approxamitely fifteen minutes the diabolical plan bore its fruit, so to speak.
Diabolical - Evil or mallicious
Sentence - After approxamitely fifteen minutes, the mallicious plan bore its fruit, so to speak.
31. Names were called out to apartments from the streets below, and soon, the whole conglomerate of Arthur Berg's fruit stealing troop was off to the Amper.
Conglomerate - A merged group but still having their own boundaries
Sentences - Names were called out to apartments from the streets below, and soon, the whole merged army of Arthur Berg's fruit stealing troop was off to the Amper.
33. Fritz Hammer and Andy Schmiekl wanted to keep it, but Arthur Berg, showing his congruous moral aptitude, had abetter idea.
Congruous - In agreement or harmony
Sentence - Fritz Hammer and Andy Schmiekl wanted to keep it, but Arthur Berg, showing his agreeing moral aptitude, had abetter idea.
34. They thought they might be the first to recieve a full hygine inspection or scrub an eccentric lieutenant's crud fillied boots before they left.
Eccentric - A person with an odd behavior pattern
Senetnce - They thought they might be the first to recieve a full hygine inspection or scrub a peculiar lieutenant's crud-fillied boots before they left.
35. He's got terrible rheumatism in his fingers.
Rheumatism - Any disorder of extremeities or back, charachterized by pain and stiffness.
Sentence - He's got a terrible stiffness in his fingers.
36. He couldn't join a party that antagonized people in such a way.
Antagonized - To make hostile or unfriendly
Senetence - He couldn't join a party that made enemies of people in such a way.
(hayden b)
37. In the spiteful stakes, I should sat that Frau Holtsapfel was thorough with her spitting, too.
spiteful - Filled with, prompted by, or showing spite; malicious
In the malicious stakes, I should sat that Frau Holtsapfel was thorough with her spitting, too.
38. She made mincemeat out of her
mincemeat - Finely chopped meat
She made finely chopped meat out of her.
THAT'S A VERY LITERAL MEANING FOR MINCEMEAT; WHAT WOULD YOU INFER THAT TO MEAN?
39.As we both know, Liesel wasn’t on hand on Himmel Street when Rudy performed his act of childhood infamy.
infamy - An evil or criminal act that is publicly known.
As we both know, Liesel wasn’t on hand on Himmel Street when Rudy performed his act of childhood evil act.
No need to use the word 'act' twice.
40. There is no time to be flippant
flippant - lacking proper respect or seriousness
There is no time to lack proper respect or seriousness
41. There was a long breath, the scratchery of hand on whiskers, and then the light.
There is no proper definition for this word.
I guessing that it means rough.
Right you are; so what would the new sentence be?
42. - lovely curves and ears and caricatures of a German Shepherd with an obscene drooling problem and ability to talk
carictures - exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
- lovely curves and ears and exaggerations of a German Shepherd with an obscene drooling problem and ability to talk
43. It was a small concoction of disjointed hand movements,
disjointed - being thrown out of orderly function
It was a small concoction of unorderly functioned hand movements
44. The last scrawl from above formed what, to me, appeared an odd, yet familiar shape.
scrawl - to write awkwardly or carelessly
The last awkwardly written bit from above formed what, to me, appeared and odd, yet familiar shape.
45. I hang suspended until a septic truth bleeds toward clarity
septic - of, relating to, or causing putrefaction
I hang suspended until a related truth bleeds toward clarity
46. She was listening contentedly to the torrent of words spilling from his mouth
a violent stream of a liquid (as water or lava)
She was listening contentedly to the stream of words spilling from his mouth
47. She wasn't delivering her children to the higher echelons of Munich.
echelons - a group of individuals at a particular level or grade in an organization
She wasn't delivering her children to the higher individuals of Munich.
48. - The beginning of an illustrious career.
illustrious - notably or brilliantly outstanding because of dignity or achievements or actions
The beginning of a brilliant career.
49. ,and the deluge of abuse from Rosa
deluge - an overwhelming amount or number
,and the overwhelming amount of abuse from Rosa
50 . Evenings in the small kitchen were raucous, without fail.
raucous - disagreeably harsh or strident
Evenings in the small kitchen were harsh, without fail.
51. She sniffed the derision.
derision - the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt, an object of ridicule or scorn
She sniffed the object of ridicule.
52. Three layers of exhilarating pain.
Exhilarating- Refreshingly thrilling
Three layers of refreshingly thrilling pain.
53. Innocuously, a man walked past.
Innocuously- harmlessly
Harmlessly, a man walked past.
54. The whole conglomerate of Arthur Berg's fruit- stealing troop was on its way to the Amper
Conglomerate- corpotation
The whole corporation of Arthur Berg's fruit-stealing troop was on its way to the Amper.
55. Showing his incongruous moral aptitude.
incongruous- unsuitable
Showing his unsuitable moral aptitude.
56. He called out the futile words of the robbed.
futile- useless
He called out the useless words of the robbed.
57. With a gentle secretion of sweat.
Secretion- extraction
With a gentle extraction of sweat.
58. Papa, alert and appalled, stepped closer.
Appalled- aghast
Papa, alert and aghast, stepped closer.
59. But also equally difficult to fathom.
Fathom- measure
But also equally difficult to measure.
60. Inspection or scrub an eccentric lietenants boots before they left.
eccentric- bizarre
Inspection or scrub a bizarre lietenants boots before they left.